A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.9425 West, latitude 17.9183 North, depth = 13 km. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:18:35 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/06/20 / 2020-06-14 09:18:35 / June 14, 2020 @ 9:18 am. Id of earthquake: pr2020166010. Event ids that are associated: pr2020166010. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13 km (8 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Manatí, Barranquitas. Epicenter of the event was 36 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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